Just a reminder: This is the last weekend to get your taxes figured out!
April 15th is actually Tuesday, April 17 this year.
Let the prayer battle begin: Forsyth County commissioners meeting for more than two hours yesterday behind closed doors…have agreed to take on an ACLU lawsuit that challenges the current practice of opening invocations at public meetings with sectarian prayer. The 4-3 decision was split along party lines.
Area churches and businessmen have said that they would help raise private money to fight the ACLU lawsuit. (journalnow.com)
The Alliance Defense Fund has agreed to take on Forsyth County’s case at no cost.
The U.S. Senate voting yesterday to allow federal tax dollars to be used as an incentive to destroy human embryos for stem-cell research.
President Bush has promised a veto.
A study published Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association showing 13 young Brazilians with type 1 diabetes have been able to stop taking insulin shots, thanks to a promising treatment with their own stem cells — not embryonic stem cells. (American Family Association)
Imus out: Hours after being fired by CBS, radio shock host Don Imus met with the Rutgers women’s basket team and coaches last night at the New Jersey’s Governors Manson last night.
The decision to fire Imus comes after remarks deemed racist and sexist made by Imus about the Rutgers University women's basketball team.
In a related story…New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine was traveling back to the NJ governors mansion to host the meeting between Don Imus and the Rutgers team when he was in a serious accident. (CNN)
Johnson and Johnson, the maker of Listerine, is recalling 4 million bottles of the recently launched Listerine Agent Cool Blue plaque-detecting mouth rinse
marketed to kids. The recall affects Glacier Mint and Bubble Blast flavors.
Tests showing that this latest Listerine rinse was contaminated with microorganisms. Recall details on the WBFJ News Blog…wbfj.fm. …www.agentcoolblue.com http://www.wxii12.com/health/11661262/detail.html
Compassion International is partnering with Habitat for Humanity International to rebuild more than 500 homes and hundreds more damaged in November when a Typhoon struck the Philippines.
Compassion will provide most of the resources and coordinate the overall project. www.CompassionNews.com
The former home of Chang and Eng Bunker (the famous Siamese Twins) from Wilkes County is up for sale. The asking price…$650-thousand for the historic home and 27 acres. (journalnow.com)
Sports:
Minor League Baseball action…Double-headers on Thursday:
-The Warthogs drop two to the Pelicans.
-The Greensboro Grasshoppers winning both games yesterday. Hoppers
at home through the weekend.
TobyMac, MercyMe, Chris Tomlin, Kirk Franklin and American Idol contestant Mandisa will be performing at the 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards live from the Grand Ole Opry House Nashville on Wednesday, April 25.
The American Bible Society is the Designated Charity for the Dove Awards. (www.doveawards.com)
Make your Dove picks by going to wbfj.fm…it could win you and your family a Disney vacation or tix to SonFest 2007 this summer at Carowinds.
The WBFJ - GMA Music Awards Contest…wbfj.fm.
-Mark your calendar: National Day of Prayer will be Thursday, May 3rd .
This year's theme, "America, Unite in Prayer" based on II Chronicles 7:14. www.nationaldayofprayer.org
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 (May 8 – 11)
Sharathon Artist for 2007… AVALON… Tuesday May 8…
at First Assembly of God in WS. Details on Line…wbfj.fm.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny skies…High 65
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 45
The Weekend:
Saturday: Cloudy early with showers developing later in the day…High 65
Sunday: Showers. A thunderstorm possible…High 55
